longbow Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Actually Remark, I think judging by your reply a second ago, that you might have actually meant running a 32bit DLL (app) *inside* of 64bit AutoCAD - my mistake, here's your quote - "REMARK:The only pitfall is when someone tries to run a 32bit app on a 64bit machine and they don't know what they're doing." Have a good day too. Nice chatting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sampi_22 Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 how can i install 32 bit autocad 2008 or 2010 in 64 bit windows 7???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 (edited) I've personally loaded 32-bit version of AutoCAD 2004 on a computer running Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. What version of Windows are you running? When installed the program will be found in the Program Files (x86) folder and not the Program Files folder which is strictly for 64-bit apps. If you run into problems you can always use Longbow Software. See this.....http://www.longbowsoftware.com/ The single user license for Longbow Converter V4 is $40. Edited August 17, 2011 by ReMark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterprez Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 autocadd does have a solution for this... i have done it and have had now problem running the 32bit on my xp64 bit machine..... Updated Workaround instructions for 64 Bit OS Install.Options 1. Download and install Orca from Microsoft. 2. Copy the installation files to your hard drive or a network folder. 3. Backup the files ACA.msi and Setup.ini 4. Edit the ACA.msi with Orca and delete the action found in the table "InstallExecuteSequence" that is called "CheckFor64BitOS" Delete the same line under table "CustomAction" 5. Save and close the ACA.msi 6. Edit the Setup.ini with Notepad. Delete the line under "#==================== Platform Requirement" that is labeled "PLATFORM=NO_WOW_64_PROCESS" 7. Double-click the Setup.exe and you should be able to install without any problems. 8. Some support paths under the "Files" tab of the configuration dialog box have incorrect paths. The installer adds and extra "\AppData\AppData" to some support paths located in the user profile. For example the Main Customization File's path is listed as "C:\Users\%username%\AppData\AppData\AppData\Roami?ng\Autodesk\ACD-A 2008\enu\Support\ADT" when it should be "C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\ACD-?A 2008\enu\Support\ADT" Fix the incorrect paths, hit apply, and you are good to go. I wonder why the ADT team chose to disable 64 bit installs. The program seems to function fine in Vista 64 bit. ADT 2006 and 2007 installed without a hitch on this same system even though you had to set them to run as ADMIN in order to be able to use them, so I am not buying the whole "the ARX programs don't work with 64 bit" argument. I switched to Revit a few years ago anyway, but it is a shame what they are doing to ADT. Peace out. .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
designerstuart Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 hi guys, it's been a while.... I have been trying for 2 days to install AutoCAD 2009 on a new windows 7 machine, and not succeeded. for 2009 it seems you cannot follow the instructions in the post above, as the setup.ini file does not have the line it tells you to delete. elsewhere people say to change the x64_image_path line, which does exist, but has not worked for me. it seems there is a simple way to do it for 2008, but can anyone tell me how with 2009? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 What flavor of Windows are you running? Home Edition? Pro? Other? I have 2007 loaded on a Win7 machine at home and 2004 on a Win7 machine at work. The home sys is "Ultimate" while the work sys is "Pro". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
designerstuart Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 ahhh remark. its good to hear your soothing, metallic tones. win7 home premium. I have seen your post elsewhere to run in compatibility mode, which I have not tried. so far I have only tried making AutoCAD run on 64bit. should I be trying to make windows run as 32bit? many thanks, I know you have been invlolved in a good half of the posts I've read on this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Home Edition. Just as I figured. Start here first... http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/make-older-programs-run-in-this-version-of-windows If that doesn't work come back and we'll go to Plan B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
designerstuart Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 tried a few options using the wizard to select compatability mode XP sp2 (that's what I used to run so know it works) but still get "cannot run on this os" when I look for properties of setup.exe, compatibility is greyed out but showing vista, as if it cannot run as anything other than vista. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 This isn't generic AutoCAD we're talking about is it? It's a vertical product? You may have to go the Longbow Converter method. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
designerstuart Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 plain AutoCAD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Something doesn't sound right here. I have Windows 7 Home Premium (64bit) and I can pretty much install anything on it. The only thing that has thrown me so far was that old quickcad convertor from the other thread. I even have 32-bit Photoshop and Illustrator installed. No tricks used in installing them. Just ran setup and off to the races as it were. Did r2009 have a 64-bit on the DVD as well as a 32-bit? Stuart is this a 32-bit install of Windows 7? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 OK. I just read a post on another site (similar problem) where one respondent says there was a 64-bit version of AutoCAD 2009. I'll see if I can verify that for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Consider it confirmed. Nice catch f700es. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 I thought 2009 was the 1st release with both on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
designerstuart Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 yes there is both versions available but I need the 32bit one so my add-ons work. there are various workarounds for 2008 which involve editing the aca.msi and setup.ini files but I have not got this to work for 2009. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
designerstuart Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 thanks f700es but as I said above, I need to get the 32bit AutoCAD working on a new machine. maybe I need to put windows XP on the new machine?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Ok so I think using longbow is your solution. I have a 3rd party add on for my vanilla autocad and I had to use 32-bit r2011 run through Longbow. It seems to fix it. http://www.longbowsoftware.com/Converter.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 On the flip side I did install Windows XP mode in Oracle VirturalBox on my laptop yesterday. http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/12183/how-to-run-xp-mode-in-virtualbox-on-windows-7/ Worked like a charm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
designerstuart Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 thanks f700es. I don't think I need virtual box so I checked out their previous article http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/10911/run-xp-mode-on-windows-7-machines-without-hardware-virtualization/ which may be worth it. seems a little over the top to use a virtual machine for this though![url=http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/10911/run-xp-mode-on-windows-7-machines-without-hardware-virtualization/][/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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